Scott Flanigan/Ant Law Organ Trio

About this event

The Sofa Sessions at Billy Byrne’s presents Scott Flanigan/Ant Law Organ Trio

9pm / No Cover Charge

Ant Law - guitar
Scott Flanigan - organ
Dominc Mullan - drums

The Sofa Sessions is delighted to present this exciting collaboration between two fast rising stars of their respective scenes, Belfast pianist/organist Scott Flanigan and London-based guitarist Ant Law. Following a critically acclaimed tour in March, Flanigan and Law join forces again to showcase new music from a recent commission by the British PRS Foundation entitled “Clouded Lines” with one of Ireland’s most in-demand drummers, the hard-swinging Dominic Mullan.

About Scott Flanigan

Hailing from Belfast in Northern Ireland, Scott Flanigan is one of the foremost keyboard players on the Irish jazz scene. Scott has shared a stage with the likes of Van Morrison and the Ulster Orchestra, along with jazz heavyweights Jim Mullen, Jean Toussaint, Rob Luft and Dave O’Higgins, the latter as part of a 35-date UK tour. Scott is also a recognised composer, with recent commissions from Moving On Music and the PRS Foundation.

Equally at home in academia as well as the bandstand, Scott received his BMus degree from Ulster University and his MMus in Jazz Performance from Dublin Institute of Technology. Scott is currently working on a Ph.D in Jazz Performance at Ulster University, where he is researching, analysing, and synthesising contemporary trends in jazz piano.

Scott is also in demand as a teacher of jazz harmony and improvisation, having delivered workshops across the United Kingdom, and maintains a busy teaching schedule at home in Belfast.

About Ant Law

Described as “an innovator” and “a game-changer” by The Guardian, British guitarist Ant lives in London and leads his owns group.

His debut “Entanglement” was released in 2013 to great acclaim, followed by “Zero Sum World” in 2015. They have toured extensively and the third album “Life I Know” is out on Edition Records on the 9th of November, 2018.

Ant plays in Tim Garland's band with Jason Rebello & Asaf Sirkis, featuring on “Songs To The North Sky”, “Return To The Fire” and “ONE” which was shortlisted for a Grammy and won the Jazzwise Best Album award. He is a member of Trio HLK who record/tour with Dame Evelyn Glennie. He has also worked with Gwilym Simcock, Cory Henry, Thomas Gould and is frequently featured in “Total Guitar” and “Guitar Techniques” magazines, most recently as an “Astounding Virtuoso” (August 2018).

Ant has an interest in Physics, which he read as a scholar at Edinburgh University. He tunes in perfect fourths and is the author of the book introducing the tuning “3rd Millenium Guitar” published by Mel Bay.